HISTORY, FACTS AND ISSUES: The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
first adopted the Thoroughfare Plan in 1983. Since then, the
Thoroughfare Plan has been revised numerous times
to add new roads,
update road classification status, as well as adding a component for
bicycle routes.

Currently, the Thoroughfare Plan is used as a guide when road
improvement projects are proposed and/or developed. The Thoroughfare
Plan is also consulted when private developments and land use
changes are evaluated.

Average development densities are calculated for a 20-year horizon
in accordance with the planning period for the Urban Service Area.
These calculations are then used to estimate traffic volumes and to
assign road classifications.

The most recent update to the Thoroughfare Plan I can find online (via
google; it’s not linked on the County Planning or Engineering web pages) is
dated 2009,
which is when
the county reclassified Quarterman Road (and many others) from
local to minor collector on the basis that within 20 years it might
have enough traffic “if it were developed”, despite the
Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan showing the same
neighborhood as agricultural through 2030.

[The Thoroughfare Plan]
works as a guide for development and potential use changes in property.

Roads drive development.
Reclassifying a road higher means the county wants more development there.
Where is the process for that?
Where are the numerous revisions
Where is the list of proposed reclassifications?
Where are the other changes proposed?